Tumanyan Park ( hy, Թումանյան Այգի) is a public park in the

Ajapnyak district Ajapnyak ( hy, Աջափնյակ վարչական շրջան, translit=Ajapnyak varčakan šrĵan), is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Located to the northwest of the city centre, Ajapnyak has common borders with the d ...

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

. It is located on Halabyan Street in the gorge of

Hrazdan River The Hrazdan ( hy, Հրազդան գետ, ) is a major river and the second largest in Armenia. It originates at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk Province and Armenia's capital, Yerevan; the lake in turn is f ...

, between the Great Bridge of Hrazdan and the

Tumo Center for Creative Technologies The TUMO Center for Creative Technologies ( hy, Թումո ստեղծարար տեխնոլոգիաների կենտրոն) is a free education program for teenagers aged 12–18 specializing in technology and design, with education being provided ...

. It was opened in 1970 and occupies an area of 7 hectares on the right bank of Hrazdan River. It was opened and named after the famous writer and poet

Hovhannes Tumanyan Hovhannes Tumanyan ( hy, Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the nationa ...

on the 100th anniversary of his birth.Parks in Yerevan
In 1973, the statues of the two main characters of Tumanyan's Anoush opera; ''Anoush and Saro'' were erected in the park. In 1986, another statue of Tumanyan's fictional character ''Loretsi Sako'' was erected in the park. Tumanyan Park is among the attractive playgrounds for the children of Yerevan.

Gallery

File:Թումանյան այգի, Երևան (3).jpg, View from the park File:Թումանյան այգի, Երևան (2).jpg, Children's playground File:Անուշ և Սարո.JPG, ''Anoush and Saro'' File:Sculpture of Saqo from Lori-07.jpg, ''Loretsi Sako''

References

{{Yerevan landmarks Parks in Yerevan Buildings and structures completed in 1970 Urban public parks Hovhannes Tumanyan